Shocking video of plastic rubbish island!

Check out this shocking video about the growing mass of plastic rubbish in the Pacific! These are some quotes from the video:“The area that is polluted is estimated as double the size of Texas. It’s a whole region of the ocean that is just totally infested with just little broken up bits of plastic.”“The problem…

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Earth hour

Green Home pledges its support to Earth Hour at exactly 8:30pm, wherever you live, on Saturday 28 March 2009.Pledge your support and spread the message. Visit www.earthhour.org to sign up and make a difference.

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Plastic sand creatures

Dutch artist/designer, Theo Jansen is creating these amazing kinetic sculptures which he calls, “Animari.” The creatures walk in herds on beaches, powered only by the wind and are made out of unused or unwanted plastic tubing.

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Big Business is getting greener

On Treevolution, it was reported that South Africa’s second annual Carbon Disclosure Project survey revealed that companies are beginning to acknowledge and engage with the challenge of climate change, the minister of environmental affairs and tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, said in a speech at the CDP report’s launch. He said that the companies that responded…

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We can solve it?

Check out this public service announcement produced by The We Campaign, a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection founded by Al Gore. The goal of the Alliance is to build a movement that creates the political will to solve the climate crisis by repowering America with 100 percent of its electricity from clean energy…

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Eco-friendly cd packaging on the up!

According to this industry blog, the demand for more sustainable cd packaging, including biodegradable alternatives, is on the up. In 2006, Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour, released his first carbon-neutral CD, “On an Island”, which was Columbia Records’ first album to be released under eco-friendly guidelines. The album was produced with biodegradable cardboard packaging and…

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Good, green news!

Five pieces of green, good news that will make you jump for joy!1. According to the MD of Energy for Sustainable Development,Stephen Mutimba, Africa’s sugar industry has the potential to produce up to 10 000 GWh of electricity through cogeneration from sugarcane alone, which could create between three and five jobs for each GWh. Read…

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Greening the consumer

According to a leading industry newsletter, Engineering News, a worldwide survey has revealed that the majority of consumers want companies to do more to protect the environment and play a role in addressing the problem of global warming. Read the full article here.

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